Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Only afterour garden became a graveyardstrewn with shriveled leavesdid the white stem risefrom the hermetic bulb,displaying five lavender petals:Colchicum autumnale—a brilliant contradiction,out of phase, like an angelstrayed into Time, our world.- “Midwinter Notes” Lisel Mueller
Last day of September and temperature-wise summer has yet to end – we’ll hit the mid 20’s most days this week. The downside, for gardens (and their keepers) at least, is we’ve had, literally, about nine drops of rain all month. There’s still loads of colour though, thanks mainly to drought tolerant annuals such as […]
A few last minute arrivals to the garden…
Snow hats on a few remaining flowers (and leaves) in the garden…